Inside rural Alberta's shift to virtual ER doctors

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Paula McLaughlin, who has lived in Coronation, Alta., for more than 50 years, says she got severe food poisoning last month.

A rush to the east-central Alberta town’s emergency department resulted in a new experience for her: seeing a virtual doctor.